All of the following statements are true of the normal distribution EXCEPT
A) the mean and median coincide.
B) the most common scores lie near the mean.
C) the more rare the score is, the further from the mean it lies.
D) nearly all the scores lie outside of two standard deviations of the mean.

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Nearly all the scores (about 95%) lie within two standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution, not outside.

All of the Following Statements Are True of the Normal